Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago
We celebrated this year's Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awardees in a virtual celebration. Hear from the 2023 winners:
- Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of the popular science magazine Scientific American
- The Homo naledi research team led by Lee Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence
- Bertha Vazquez, education director for the Center for Inquiry, where she runs the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science
- Susan Joy Hassol, the director of Climate Communication
- Cathy Manduca, the founding director of the Science Education Research Center (SERC) at Carleton College
- David W. Titley, formerly the Oceanographer and Navigator of the U.S. Navy
Hosted by NCSE's Ann Reid, Glenn Branch, and Amanda L. Townley, with additional words from NCSE Board President Kenneth R. Miller.
We celebrated this year's Friend of Darwin and Friend of the Planet awardees in a virtual celebration. Hear from the 2023 winners:
- Laura Helmuth, the editor-in-chief of the popular science magazine Scientific American
- The Homo naledi research team led by Lee Berger, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence
- Bertha Vazquez, education director for the Center for Inquiry, where she runs the Teacher Institute for Evolutionary Science
- Susan Joy Hassol, the director of Climate Communication
- Cathy Manduca, the founding director of the Science Education Research Center (SERC) at Carleton College
- David W. Titley, formerly the Oceanographer and Navigator of the U.S. Navy
Hosted by NCSE's Ann Reid, Glenn Branch, and Amanda L. Townley, with additional words from NCSE Board President Kenneth R. Miller.
